Twelfth night

August 14-22, 2015

Directed by: Beth Sanford

NTP and HSMC are celebrating our third year partnering up to bring you Shakespeare in the City. This year we are proud to present Twelfth Night, a comedy believed to have been written for Twelfth Night entertainment at the close of the Christmas season.

Though the plot is not specific to the Christmas season, the show is full of presents for the whole family. The play centers on twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (disguised as a man) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who is in love with the Countess Olivia. Unfortunately for Orsino, Countess Olivia falls in love with Viola thinking she is a man. Add in a singing fool, a big practical joke, characters with names like Aguecheek (pronounced AY-gyoo-cheek) and Belch and you know you are in for an evening of fun and frivolity.